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Report to the Board of Directors of the Central Orphanage of North Carolina

AnnuaL Report
OF T HE
Colored Orphanage
Oxford , N. C.
JUL Y 1, 1930, to JUNE 30, 1931
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in 2010 with funding from
State Library of North Carolina
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
G. C. Shaw, Chainnan _______ _______ ___ __ ___ _ Oxford
M. C. Ransom, Sec1·eta1 ·y ____________________ Oxf::Jrd
M. F. Thornton __________ ______________ __ Warrenton
. A. Cheek ____ __ __________ __ _____________ Elberon
J . W. Levy ______________ ___ _________________ Kittrell
I. C. J effreys ______ ____ _______ __________ Wake Forest
ON PART OF MASONS
L. B. Capehart, Gmnd i11astu _____ ___________ Raleigh
ON PART OF STATE
J . S. vVatkins ___ ___ __________ ____ ______ Virgilina, Va.
J . W. Medford ______ __ _______________________ Oxflrd
B. W. P arham ________________ ______________ Oxford
W. T. Yancey ___________ _______ __ _________ __ Oxfo rd
F . W. Hancock. Jr., United States Congr e3sman _Oxford
E XECUTIVE COMMITTEE
W. T. Yancey _________________________ __ _____ Oxford
Alex. P eac8 __________________________________ Oxford
F. W. Hancock, Jr. __________________________ Oxford
H. P. Cheatham ___________________________ .. Oxford
G. C. Shaw, Chairman, M ember E x.-officio . ______ Oxford
TREASURER
W. T. Yancey _______________________________ Oxford
BOARD OF AUDIT
J . W. MedforcL _____________________________ Oxforcl
C. S. Ea ton _______________________ __ ___ ___ __ Oxford
BUDGET OFFICER AND BOOKKEEPER
T. C. Harris _______________________________ _ Oxford
SUPERINTENDENT
H. P. Cheatham _____________________________ Oxford
May the Colored Or phan Children of Nor th
Carolina and the f ri end of helpless humanity
never fo rget the bles ed tribute made by the late
Han. B. N. Duke and his son, Angier B. Duke, to
the cause of orphan edu cation at this institution .
Through the good wi ll expressed by the Chri st­like
benefaction of the e Chri tian phi lanthro­pists,
and f riends, t his co nvenient and tastily f ur­ni
shed school building, co nstr ucted at a cost of
nearly one hundred thousand dollars, was made
possible fo r the unfo rtunate orphan chi ldren of
the. egro Race of North Car olin a.
ANNUAL REPORT
For The Fiscal Year, J u1y 1, 1930
to
June 30, 1931
Gentlemen of The BOCL1'd of Di1'ect01'S of The Oxfm'd Col-
01'ed OrlJhanag of Nm·th Caro lina:
In reporting to you the operations and condi tions of
this institu t ion for t he past fiscal year , it affords me pleas­ure
to b8 able to make the statement, wi th emphasis, th at
the strong and tangib le lines, guiding and directing this
sacr ed work, have not been broken, bu t on t he c:)J1 t r a ry
have been r ei nfo r ced f r om time to time with the strength
that comes f rom a firm determination and f aith in the
successful ac mpli hment of the objective for which we
are stri ving .
The cause is indeed a worth y one, and the obj ect s of
the work might be set fo r th as fo llows :
l. Chi ld care a nd training.
2. Mainte nance.
3. Cont r ol and ma nagement.
4. Spi ri t ual and devotional teaching.
5. Domestic and out -doors tra ining.
6. School-room and dormitory disciplin e.
7. Sanitary and health building .
To achieve the proper results and b a sure the neces­sa
r y super vision and t raining essential fo r the develop­ment
of th e classes of huma nity coming into the care of
the Home, it is r equired that the work should be system­aticall
y organi zed, in to di visions or sections, each head­ed
and directed by capabl e, trus ty and industrious helpers,
who a re thoroughly competent and have at hand that gr asp
of the co nditi ons to be met, and the vital. though small. ob-
stacIe to be over come. This i indeed of great import­ance,
to t he end that the strong and f ixed aims of t he
fo regoing captions may be successfully attain ed.
CHILD CA RE AND TRAI ING
Too much stress cannot be placed upon real effici ency,
untiring patience and eternal vigila nce. so to speak, which
is r equired of the matrons in cha rge of the boys' and
girls' dormitori es. t he kitchen, dining hall and the laun­dr
y, fo r in these departments all ages. sizes and conditions
of the ent ire inmate body meet fo r ifting, shapi ng and
recei\'ing at the knee of their fo te l' mothers the quick­ening
touch of love and par ental admonition and advi ce.
The Orphanage can well afford to c::mgratuate it­self,
however. upon having wit hin it gates and in its
employ a taff of elf -sacrif icing, industriou and prayer­ful
mat ron , whose chief t raining ha been from exper ­ience
received on the job here at the institution. From
the moment of admission of t he children. some of wh om
a re babes in arms. the matrons have the r esponsibi lity
of their immediate ca r e, t r aini ng and directi on. A lit­t
le army of nea r ly 300 untrained and irresponsible tots,
mo t of whom, before entering the institution, were d -
nied the love and the care of fat her or mother , and
more often t han not actualJy deserted and li tera lly thrown
away.
It i in many ca es due to t he Chri t -like ympathy
of the faithfu l assistants her e, who a re in constant c n­tact
with chi ld r earin g a well a in titutional and do­mestic
gO \'el'l1ment, that the work has achi e\'ed so sub­
·tanti al a degree of success in t he maintenance of good
health and the orderly co nduct of the children of the in­.
titution.
MAl TTENA CE
Our agricu lt ura l schedule indicates t hat the yields
f rom the farm and tru ck fi elds of the Orph anage hav
been grat ifyi ng and satisfactory, both as to t he trai ni ng
afforded the chi ldren who were assigned to the different
pha es of the work as well as to the quantity and quali ty
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT 9
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of the product and the re ult of which has ser ved a splen­did
supplementary adjunct, as it were, to the annual ap­propriation
made to the Orphanage by our great and sym­pathetic
State, and to the substantial uppor t and relief
r endered by the powerful and Chri tian-hear ted Duke
Endowment, a long with valuable outside gifts from other
sources donated to the work from time ta time.
Although ou r agricu ltural fi elds are small, rough
and broken, we plant and cultivate the different crops
according to the plans and modern methods of f aL11-
ing. The ha rvest supplies va lu able r elief and sup po rt
to the crying demand fo r food , for any family which turns
over and furni shes nearly 900 plates per day, s uld be
proud, and for proof that such plates afford hea lth. satis­faction
and plenty, attention is in vited to the robust,
good looking, hale and hearty boys and girls.
During t he dry and famis hing summer of 1930,
which brought great losses to a number of good farmers
in our section, the Orphanage was favored with more
than average crops, having produced over 200 barrels
of corn, peas. potatoes, t urnips,-in fact, a ll varieties of
farm and trucking crop, with pl easing and valua,ble
re ul ts, a:H:d including splendid crop of fo rage of nearly
all kinds for the live stock.
Now, as to the work whi ch the children are called
upon to put into the farm and into the other activities
of the plant, we wi ll say~ we have lea rned from experi ence
that t here must be, f or the proper ad\'a ncement and de­velopment
of these or any large group of children, some
active and recreational employment. This is necessar y,
due to the fact that after being in co nfinement eight or
nine months in the school and class r ooms, it is of para ­mount
importance to engage the hundreds of differ ent un­settled
and r estless little human minds in some construc­tive
and helpfu l pha es of endeavor. Ther efore, in view
of the fact that the work r equired on the farm or in the
e\'eral departments of the ins titution is light and eas ily
per fo rmed, and besides the f ruit of t his labor which not
only helps to f eed and clothe the children themselves, but
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the experience r es ul t ing f r om t his t ra ining assures a pr of­ita
ble gain to each child, why not, t hen, allow them to
seize and take advantage of t hese oppor t unit ies, whi ch
provide for t hem a chance to gr ow away f rom the atmos­phere
of the ignor ant, lazy and good-fo r nothing gr oups,
pr eviously encountered which infes t the streets and h igh­ways
almost everywhere?
Our schedule for child la bor here is pleas­ant
and harmless. The chi ldren a re divided in to
squad , according to age, ize and capacity. The
res ults attained, in spit e of the fact that the
children a re unskilled and without prior t ra ining,
have been such as to cause obser vance on t he part
of t he people of the commun ity, among whom it is a
common aying that "The Orphanage is rea lly a live and
active workshop, with li ttle artisans of many minds and
different temperament , but nevertheless a lways ready
to attempt t he job assigned them, without dread of the
la bor in volved, and ever in high hopes of the possibility
of a thrill in t he game somewhere along t he line." This
feeling and tendency, parti cula rl y on the part of t he
boys, work out most favorably and help to cult ivate vim
and hearty indust ria l activity among them.
SPIRITUAL A D DEVOTIO AL TEACH ING
Relig iou. ervices a re held morni ngs and evenings in
each of t he dormitor ies of t he in. titut ion, with Sunday
School in t he morning and services in the evening on
the Sabbat h. The childr en are ta ugh t to r ead the Bible,
the passages in which a re made clear to them, and
they plunge into the ser vices mo t wholeheartedly a t a ll
of the meetings. It is ins piring to hear them sing, and
to note t he fe r vor with which even t he smallest tots join
in the hymns, especia lly if the ong is one t hey have
heard before and kn o,v, at leas t t he t un e.
We a r e sure that you Gent lemen of the Boar d of Di­r
ectors will be pleased to learn t hat leading and di -
ti nguished Mini sters of the Gospel, of both races and
from all parts of our State, visited the institut ion dur­ing
t he yea r and gave f r eely of t heir tim e, remaining to
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT 13
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deli ver inspiring speeches and sermons to the children,
as well as profound and encouraging utterances regard­ing
the work. These visits were of g reat help to the
children, and indeed deeply appreciated by the entire
institution.
We have children her e f rom all sections of our great
State, and it would surprise the average person to know
the f riendly sentiment and high e teem in whi ch t his
institution is held by the good pe::>p le of all cJmmunit ies.
The word , which comes f rom children who ha ve c::>m­pleted
the courses and t heir period of training her e, is
most gratifying in deed, fo r pr actically without exception
they r epor t a favorable attitude and imur ession of t he
work on the part of the people of both races in t he
sections to whi ch t hey return.
OUTDOORS AND DOMESTIC ACTIVITIES
Although the children of thi Or phanage engage in
beneficial and healt hf ul activities a long with their in­dustrial
outdoors tra ini ng, it is our belief that if they
wrought well in the e activit ies while her e, oth vr aven­ue
will like'vvise bring adequate and profitable r eturns
to them. It i consequently our effor t to bring into play
the dormant yo uthfu l talents of the children, to t he end
that each may have the oppor tunity to develop along t he
line for which they appear to be best f itted by n ature.
In other words, Gent lemen of the Boar d, we r ealize
that after all the goal fo r which we are so eager ly striv­ing,
and the tender and vital point of our objective, is
t he basic principle of human betterment,-the fo unda­ti
on of any and all achi evement s, and t he utmost t hat
even t he most powerful huma ni tarian organization on
ear th can hope to accomplish.
SCHOOL-ROOM AND DORMITORY DISCIPLINE
Our school work during the year has again been f ull
of fr ui tful events and on a par with the splendid sessions
of the past, of which we can cJnsistent ly boast since the
modern and completely equipped Angier B. Duke Memor­ial
School Building became available to t he in stit ut ion.
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Classes began as usual on September 5t h, continuing
pleasant ly a nd beneficially through t he year un t il t he 8th
of May, when t he school sessions closed. We were again
fortunate in havi ng a thoroughly competent and capable
f aculty of teachers, who took great interest not only in
t he t ext-book training of the children, but in supplement­ing
t he work of t he matrons in helping to supply t hat
lack of home trainin g whi ch is inevitable in an instit u­t
ion of this kind , considering the so urces f rom which the
littl e ones come, .a condi t ion affordin g t he r eally con­scient
ious a nd industrious teacher the oppor t unity to
accomplish vast good fa r beyo nd the classroom work
throughout the ent ire sessions in directi ng. expla ining
and adj usting shortcomi ngs a nd the li ke which or dinari­ly
form a part of the home t ra ining of the chi ld.
SCHOOL ENROLLME T
The total number of children enrolled in the diffe r ent
g rades, as well a those promoted at t he end of t he school
year t o the next grad , is shown belo"v as fo llows:
No. in Gl'ades
K inde r garten ____________________ :32
F ir st Grade _______________ ______ 27
Second Grade ___ _________________ 36
T hi rd Gracie ___ __ ___ __ ___________ 44
Fourth Gr acie __________________ _ 42
Fifth Gracie __________ ___________ 20
ix'th Gracie ______________ _______ 1
eventh Gr acle____________________ 9
Promoted
20
25
34
.n
40
18
15
6
In addi t ion to the fo regoing enrollment in our own
school. nineteen children of the Home who had completsd
the g rades here atte nded the City High School at the
Mary Potter School in Oxford.
SA NITATION AND HEALTH BU ILDING
During the year t he work of insta lling new and im­proved
sani tary equipment was completed in the va r ious
chool depa r tments and dormi to ries of the plant. Jot
only has the resu lt been of unto ld ser vice in t he form of
g reater co nvenience, but of even greater value because of
the fact that these improvements a re cond ucive to f ar
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of the better health conditions and represent the superior
advantages to be had in conseq uence of this modern sani­tation
installation.
The agents of the State Board of Health of North
Carolina who have visited and in spected t he Orphanage
in t he past, before these improvements and modern sani­tation
equipment had been made possible. wou ld now be
gratified at the showing it is possible for us t make.
Not long ince these inspections were fo llQwed by ex ­pre
sions more or less of fear and uncertainty as to
whether it would ever be possible fo r the institution to
provide modern sanita ry equipment as requ ired by law
to assure the maximum in the way of cleanline sand
healthfu l condi tions, particula rly tak ing into considera­tion
our distance f rom the city of Oxford and consequent
inab ility to enjoy the advantage of it water upply and
ewage disposal system . But I am confident that the e
fr iends would now g reet u with sm iles of app roval and
satisfaction, leaving with the impli ed IOO ', tribu te of
"Well done t hou good and faithfu l sen·ant". Particularly
wou ld th is be the case after a uney had also been made
of the ent ire campus, the dor mibr ies. class-rooms. dining
ha ll and kitchen. as well as the walks, driveway, water
drains, etc. In fact, th anitary and drainage improve­ments
made throughout the plant wi ll now unquestion­ably
entit le the in stitution to a high rating.
We feel very grateful fo r thi accompli shment, as it
is ou r firm belief that the "Great Architect", the author
of a ll perfect humanitarian plans and desig ns, is grati­f
ied with the efforts. th plans and the arrangements
mad on t hi ear th, however humble they may be. fo r
the easement of the ills and making happier the lot of
the li ttle beginners who con titute the great human life
of mankind.
NTRTBUTIO
During the cou rse of the year t he in. titution \Va,
remembered with donations from conYention , societies
and indi\'idual friends of the work a fo ll o\\".:
Anni\' ersar~' Day receipt: on gnJUnds __________________ :·
Anniver sary Da~' collecti ons in Chape'- ____________ . __ _
Anni\'e r sary Day g-ift ~ b~' friend s in Oxford __ ______ ___ _
Dr. . H . Cannady. Oxf o r d . ~ . . ____________________ _
:IlL H. B. Hick>'. Hende l·son. :'\ . c. ___ _________________ _
~Ir. Henn' All en ________________ _
. .;.n o n~· m o u~ _____________________ _ ________ ___ _
~hil o h .-\ sgoc iati on ___________________________ _
GI'an\' ille C (l unt~· ~I ini ~ t e rs and Dea cons lIni on _______ _
:'Il is s ionary is t ers ( ol1 ecti on hy ;lIrg. :'I1. . Ran om) _
:'Ill'. ~' ad e ____ __ _ _______________________ ____ ___ _
:'IlL Andre\\' Howell __ _____ _ ______ __ _____ __ ___ ___ __ _
\ ' ance County S. S. Conve nt ion (hy :'Il l'. D . . J. :'IIanow) __
~\I iddl e A ,,~oci ati () n (h~ ' Re\·. :'lIe Kn ightl __ ___ __________ _
• hil oh Assoc iati on _________________________ _
P ro f. W. G. Pear son. Durham. :'\ . c.. Thanksgi\'in g- Gift
:'IlL H ill H unter. GIeen::;boro. Thank>'g i\'ing GifL __ ____ _
:\1 r. era wford Knot t . Oxford. Thanksgi\'ing GifL ______ _
:lb'. ~'. H. A. tall i ng ~ . Edt'nl In. Thanksgi\'i ng Gift ___ _
:'I [ I S. R o ~·" t e r \Y iggin ::;. (', ford. Thank"gi\' in g- GifL _____ _
:'1[1'. T. C HalTi g. Oxfol·d. Thanksgiving GifL __________ _
:'II I'. C. S. Ea:,t on. Oxford. Thanksgiving Gi fL __ ______ _
:'III's. ~' alt e r . Hous('. Th a nk>'gi\'ing GifL ___ ___ __ ____ .
:'Iriss Esth er L. Fl eming. ~ t e lll. :\ . c.. Tha nksgi\'ing Cift
:'II I'. E. C. :'IlcCulloc h. \r il lll ington. :\ . C ..
Thank>' g i\' ing- Gift ______ __ __ ______ _ _______ _
:'IT in iste r s a nd Dea co ns lIni on. Oxfnrd. :\ . c. _____ ______ _
S . . J. Sloan a nd :\ora Freeman . . -\bhott ;;hurg-. :\ . C. ___ __ _
:'IlL Frank O. Sher rell. Charlott e. :\. C ________ ____ ___ _
h: est er :'Ilfg. Co .. High Point. :'\. l'. _________ ___ _______ _
F ir st Ba pt ist Church (Col.). Oxford. :\ . C __ _______ __ _
:'II I's. :'\ e\'a Jack>'on. fo r :'Il iss i o nar~' : oc iety __ __ __ ______ _
:'I[ i"" l one Y an ce~· . ( ), fol d. :\ . C. __________ _________ _
(' a pt. \\'. H. \\· hi tl'____________ _ ________ ______ _ _
:'I l rni s te rs and Dea cons l·ni on. Penn An '. Baptist Church
:'Ir ini s t er s and ll eaeons l · ni nn. :\ e \\' Light Bapt. Chureh_
Franklin Coun ty S. S. Con\"('nti on __________ __ ________ _
Ra pti st :'Ih,t'tin g' at L p \\ is ~tati(ln Rapti s t Chureh _____ _
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(All Rough Lumber, Framing and Brick for All Buildings Made Here)
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CONCLUSION
Therefo re, Gent lemen of t he Board of Directors, may
we not remind ourselves of the fact that, in t his wor k,
a lthough it may be unknown, to an extent to some of us,
we are plant ing and cult ivating li ttle human twigs in a
vineyard, whose ha rve t, when reaped, is far beyond
materi al mar kets. whose wonderfu l creation and great
pu r pose are eterna l ! The outlook fo r the f utu re is
bri ght, a nd yet it is inev itable that incr easingly difficu lt
ob tacles will be met, with the whole world in t he throes
of economic depression and all humanity called upon, in
consequ ence, to t ighten its belt, as it wer e, and str uggle all
the harder to revive normal co nditi ons. We th el'ebre
approach t he f uture with this th ought in mind, and be­lieve
that with a complete and thorough cooper ation
with our various State and civic bodies, who e f un ction
it is to devise ways and means whereby the differ ent
activities of all sections may be carried on unin tel'l'upt­edly
despite pI' vailing condi tions, that it is goin 'S to be
possible to main tain ou r normal rate of advancement, or
in any event to at least hold our own and r esist t he t2nd­ency
to slide backward so cha racteri stic of a period of de­pression.
Our entire organization is working to this end ,
a a solid unit, hand in glove, with a profound belief that
success will crown our efforts during the coming year.
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RE E IPT Al\D DI BURSEME TS OF
THF: OLORED ORPHANAGE
OXFORD. N. C.
July 1. 1930 to July 1. 1931
Jul~' 1. 19:29 to July 1. 1930 t
July 1. 1930 july 1. 1931
July 1. 1929-Balance ______ $ 960 . .1 July 1. 1931- Ba1. S 192.: 1
State Appropriations ______ 27500.00 27500.00
Hire of Boys______________ 1461.75 3 .30
In vestments ____ _____ ________ 14 2. 2 647.6
Duke Endowme nt ____ ______ 5176.32 6707.51
Relig iou_ Organizations ____ 332.31 306.17
Farm __________ __ ________ 219.25 797. 13
Fraternal Organizati on ____ 36.25
Mi cellaneous o ntributi o n ~__ :365.15
Temporary Loans __________ 7050.00
H. P. Cheatham. S upt.__ ____ 5320. 5
$4 fi65 .5.1
DI SBU RSE~IEl\T :
alaries ________ __________ . 11752.03
Food ________________ ____ _
C~thing _________________ _
Transportation ______ _____ _
Lights. Fuel and P O\Yer ___ _
Improvements ____________ _
Repai rs and Replacement-__ _
Additional Li" e tock ______ _
Suppli es ____ ___ ___ ______ _
Equipment _______________ _
In urance ________________ _
Telep hone and Telegraph ---
Interest _______________ ___ _
Mi sce llaneous ____________ _
Land ______ _______ _______ _
T empo rar~' Loan _________ _
Conference Expenses _____ _
H. P. heatham, upt. _____ _
Replacing Livestock _____ __ _
:\Ie\\' Equipment _________ _ _
July 1. 1930- Balance _____ _
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AnnuaL Report
OF T HE
Colored Orphanage
Oxford , N. C.
JUL Y 1, 1930, to JUNE 30, 1931
Digitized by the Internet Archive
in 2010 with funding from
State Library of North Carolina
http://www.archive.org/details/annualreportsofc193031
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
G. C. Shaw, Chainnan _______ _______ ___ __ ___ _ Oxford
M. C. Ransom, Sec1·eta1 ·y ____________________ Oxf::Jrd
M. F. Thornton __________ ______________ __ Warrenton
. A. Cheek ____ __ __________ __ _____________ Elberon
J . W. Levy ______________ ___ _________________ Kittrell
I. C. J effreys ______ ____ _______ __________ Wake Forest
ON PART OF MASONS
L. B. Capehart, Gmnd i11astu _____ ___________ Raleigh
ON PART OF STATE
J . S. vVatkins ___ ___ __________ ____ ______ Virgilina, Va.
J . W. Medford ______ __ _______________________ Oxflrd
B. W. P arham ________________ ______________ Oxford
W. T. Yancey ___________ _______ __ _________ __ Oxfo rd
F . W. Hancock. Jr., United States Congr e3sman _Oxford
E XECUTIVE COMMITTEE
W. T. Yancey _________________________ __ _____ Oxford
Alex. P eac8 __________________________________ Oxford
F. W. Hancock, Jr. __________________________ Oxford
H. P. Cheatham ___________________________ .. Oxford
G. C. Shaw, Chairman, M ember E x.-officio . ______ Oxford
TREASURER
W. T. Yancey _______________________________ Oxford
BOARD OF AUDIT
J . W. MedforcL _____________________________ Oxforcl
C. S. Ea ton _______________________ __ ___ ___ __ Oxford
BUDGET OFFICER AND BOOKKEEPER
T. C. Harris _______________________________ _ Oxford
SUPERINTENDENT
H. P. Cheatham _____________________________ Oxford
May the Colored Or phan Children of Nor th
Carolina and the f ri end of helpless humanity
never fo rget the bles ed tribute made by the late
Han. B. N. Duke and his son, Angier B. Duke, to
the cause of orphan edu cation at this institution .
Through the good wi ll expressed by the Chri st­like
benefaction of the e Chri tian phi lanthro­pists,
and f riends, t his co nvenient and tastily f ur­ni
shed school building, co nstr ucted at a cost of
nearly one hundred thousand dollars, was made
possible fo r the unfo rtunate orphan chi ldren of
the. egro Race of North Car olin a.
ANNUAL REPORT
For The Fiscal Year, J u1y 1, 1930
to
June 30, 1931
Gentlemen of The BOCL1'd of Di1'ect01'S of The Oxfm'd Col-
01'ed OrlJhanag of Nm·th Caro lina:
In reporting to you the operations and condi tions of
this institu t ion for t he past fiscal year , it affords me pleas­ure
to b8 able to make the statement, wi th emphasis, th at
the strong and tangib le lines, guiding and directing this
sacr ed work, have not been broken, bu t on t he c:)J1 t r a ry
have been r ei nfo r ced f r om time to time with the strength
that comes f rom a firm determination and f aith in the
successful ac mpli hment of the objective for which we
are stri ving .
The cause is indeed a worth y one, and the obj ect s of
the work might be set fo r th as fo llows :
l. Chi ld care a nd training.
2. Mainte nance.
3. Cont r ol and ma nagement.
4. Spi ri t ual and devotional teaching.
5. Domestic and out -doors tra ining.
6. School-room and dormitory disciplin e.
7. Sanitary and health building .
To achieve the proper results and b a sure the neces­sa
r y super vision and t raining essential fo r the develop­ment
of th e classes of huma nity coming into the care of
the Home, it is r equired that the work should be system­aticall
y organi zed, in to di visions or sections, each head­ed
and directed by capabl e, trus ty and industrious helpers,
who a re thoroughly competent and have at hand that gr asp
of the co nditi ons to be met, and the vital. though small. ob-
stacIe to be over come. This i indeed of great import­ance,
to t he end that the strong and f ixed aims of t he
fo regoing captions may be successfully attain ed.
CHILD CA RE AND TRAI ING
Too much stress cannot be placed upon real effici ency,
untiring patience and eternal vigila nce. so to speak, which
is r equired of the matrons in cha rge of the boys' and
girls' dormitori es. t he kitchen, dining hall and the laun­dr
y, fo r in these departments all ages. sizes and conditions
of the ent ire inmate body meet fo r ifting, shapi ng and
recei\'ing at the knee of their fo te l' mothers the quick­ening
touch of love and par ental admonition and advi ce.
The Orphanage can well afford to c::mgratuate it­self,
however. upon having wit hin it gates and in its
employ a taff of elf -sacrif icing, industriou and prayer­ful
mat ron , whose chief t raining ha been from exper ­ience
received on the job here at the institution. From
the moment of admission of t he children. some of wh om
a re babes in arms. the matrons have the r esponsibi lity
of their immediate ca r e, t r aini ng and directi on. A lit­t
le army of nea r ly 300 untrained and irresponsible tots,
mo t of whom, before entering the institution, were d -
nied the love and the care of fat her or mother , and
more often t han not actualJy deserted and li tera lly thrown
away.
It i in many ca es due to t he Chri t -like ympathy
of the faithfu l assistants her e, who a re in constant c n­tact
with chi ld r earin g a well a in titutional and do­mestic
gO \'el'l1ment, that the work has achi e\'ed so sub­
·tanti al a degree of success in t he maintenance of good
health and the orderly co nduct of the children of the in­.
titution.
MAl TTENA CE
Our agricu lt ura l schedule indicates t hat the yields
f rom the farm and tru ck fi elds of the Orph anage hav
been grat ifyi ng and satisfactory, both as to t he trai ni ng
afforded the chi ldren who were assigned to the different
pha es of the work as well as to the quantity and quali ty
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of the product and the re ult of which has ser ved a splen­did
supplementary adjunct, as it were, to the annual ap­propriation
made to the Orphanage by our great and sym­pathetic
State, and to the substantial uppor t and relief
r endered by the powerful and Chri tian-hear ted Duke
Endowment, a long with valuable outside gifts from other
sources donated to the work from time ta time.
Although ou r agricu ltural fi elds are small, rough
and broken, we plant and cultivate the different crops
according to the plans and modern methods of f aL11-
ing. The ha rvest supplies va lu able r elief and sup po rt
to the crying demand fo r food , for any family which turns
over and furni shes nearly 900 plates per day, s uld be
proud, and for proof that such plates afford hea lth. satis­faction
and plenty, attention is in vited to the robust,
good looking, hale and hearty boys and girls.
During t he dry and famis hing summer of 1930,
which brought great losses to a number of good farmers
in our section, the Orphanage was favored with more
than average crops, having produced over 200 barrels
of corn, peas. potatoes, t urnips,-in fact, a ll varieties of
farm and trucking crop, with pl easing and valua,ble
re ul ts, a:H:d including splendid crop of fo rage of nearly
all kinds for the live stock.
Now, as to the work whi ch the children are called
upon to put into the farm and into the other activities
of the plant, we wi ll say~ we have lea rned from experi ence
that t here must be, f or the proper ad\'a ncement and de­velopment
of these or any large group of children, some
active and recreational employment. This is necessar y,
due to the fact that after being in co nfinement eight or
nine months in the school and class r ooms, it is of para ­mount
importance to engage the hundreds of differ ent un­settled
and r estless little human minds in some construc­tive
and helpfu l pha es of endeavor. Ther efore, in view
of the fact that the work r equired on the farm or in the
e\'eral departments of the ins titution is light and eas ily
per fo rmed, and besides the f ruit of t his labor which not
only helps to f eed and clothe the children themselves, but
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the experience r es ul t ing f r om t his t ra ining assures a pr of­ita
ble gain to each child, why not, t hen, allow them to
seize and take advantage of t hese oppor t unit ies, whi ch
provide for t hem a chance to gr ow away f rom the atmos­phere
of the ignor ant, lazy and good-fo r nothing gr oups,
pr eviously encountered which infes t the streets and h igh­ways
almost everywhere?
Our schedule for child la bor here is pleas­ant
and harmless. The chi ldren a re divided in to
squad , according to age, ize and capacity. The
res ults attained, in spit e of the fact that the
children a re unskilled and without prior t ra ining,
have been such as to cause obser vance on t he part
of t he people of the commun ity, among whom it is a
common aying that "The Orphanage is rea lly a live and
active workshop, with li ttle artisans of many minds and
different temperament , but nevertheless a lways ready
to attempt t he job assigned them, without dread of the
la bor in volved, and ever in high hopes of the possibility
of a thrill in t he game somewhere along t he line." This
feeling and tendency, parti cula rl y on the part of t he
boys, work out most favorably and help to cult ivate vim
and hearty indust ria l activity among them.
SPIRITUAL A D DEVOTIO AL TEACH ING
Relig iou. ervices a re held morni ngs and evenings in
each of t he dormitor ies of t he in. titut ion, with Sunday
School in t he morning and services in the evening on
the Sabbat h. The childr en are ta ugh t to r ead the Bible,
the passages in which a re made clear to them, and
they plunge into the ser vices mo t wholeheartedly a t a ll
of the meetings. It is ins piring to hear them sing, and
to note t he fe r vor with which even t he smallest tots join
in the hymns, especia lly if the ong is one t hey have
heard before and kn o,v, at leas t t he t un e.
We a r e sure that you Gent lemen of the Boar d of Di­r
ectors will be pleased to learn t hat leading and di -
ti nguished Mini sters of the Gospel, of both races and
from all parts of our State, visited the institut ion dur­ing
t he yea r and gave f r eely of t heir tim e, remaining to
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deli ver inspiring speeches and sermons to the children,
as well as profound and encouraging utterances regard­ing
the work. These visits were of g reat help to the
children, and indeed deeply appreciated by the entire
institution.
We have children her e f rom all sections of our great
State, and it would surprise the average person to know
the f riendly sentiment and high e teem in whi ch t his
institution is held by the good pe::>p le of all cJmmunit ies.
The word , which comes f rom children who ha ve c::>m­pleted
the courses and t heir period of training her e, is
most gratifying in deed, fo r pr actically without exception
they r epor t a favorable attitude and imur ession of t he
work on the part of the people of both races in t he
sections to whi ch t hey return.
OUTDOORS AND DOMESTIC ACTIVITIES
Although the children of thi Or phanage engage in
beneficial and healt hf ul activities a long with their in­dustrial
outdoors tra ini ng, it is our belief that if they
wrought well in the e activit ies while her e, oth vr aven­ue
will like'vvise bring adequate and profitable r eturns
to them. It i consequently our effor t to bring into play
the dormant yo uthfu l talents of the children, to t he end
that each may have the oppor tunity to develop along t he
line for which they appear to be best f itted by n ature.
In other words, Gent lemen of the Boar d, we r ealize
that after all the goal fo r which we are so eager ly striv­ing,
and the tender and vital point of our objective, is
t he basic principle of human betterment,-the fo unda­ti
on of any and all achi evement s, and t he utmost t hat
even t he most powerful huma ni tarian organization on
ear th can hope to accomplish.
SCHOOL-ROOM AND DORMITORY DISCIPLINE
Our school work during the year has again been f ull
of fr ui tful events and on a par with the splendid sessions
of the past, of which we can cJnsistent ly boast since the
modern and completely equipped Angier B. Duke Memor­ial
School Building became available to t he in stit ut ion.
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Classes began as usual on September 5t h, continuing
pleasant ly a nd beneficially through t he year un t il t he 8th
of May, when t he school sessions closed. We were again
fortunate in havi ng a thoroughly competent and capable
f aculty of teachers, who took great interest not only in
t he t ext-book training of the children, but in supplement­ing
t he work of t he matrons in helping to supply t hat
lack of home trainin g whi ch is inevitable in an instit u­t
ion of this kind , considering the so urces f rom which the
littl e ones come, .a condi t ion affordin g t he r eally con­scient
ious a nd industrious teacher the oppor t unity to
accomplish vast good fa r beyo nd the classroom work
throughout the ent ire sessions in directi ng. expla ining
and adj usting shortcomi ngs a nd the li ke which or dinari­ly
form a part of the home t ra ining of the chi ld.
SCHOOL ENROLLME T
The total number of children enrolled in the diffe r ent
g rades, as well a those promoted at t he end of t he school
year t o the next grad , is shown belo"v as fo llows:
No. in Gl'ades
K inde r garten ____________________ :32
F ir st Grade _______________ ______ 27
Second Grade ___ _________________ 36
T hi rd Gracie ___ __ ___ __ ___________ 44
Fourth Gr acie __________________ _ 42
Fifth Gracie __________ ___________ 20
ix'th Gracie ______________ _______ 1
eventh Gr acle____________________ 9
Promoted
20
25
34
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40
18
15
6
In addi t ion to the fo regoing enrollment in our own
school. nineteen children of the Home who had completsd
the g rades here atte nded the City High School at the
Mary Potter School in Oxford.
SA NITATION AND HEALTH BU ILDING
During the year t he work of insta lling new and im­proved
sani tary equipment was completed in the va r ious
chool depa r tments and dormi to ries of the plant. Jot
only has the resu lt been of unto ld ser vice in t he form of
g reater co nvenience, but of even greater value because of
the fact that these improvements a re cond ucive to f ar
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of the better health conditions and represent the superior
advantages to be had in conseq uence of this modern sani­tation
installation.
The agents of the State Board of Health of North
Carolina who have visited and in spected t he Orphanage
in t he past, before these improvements and modern sani­tation
equipment had been made possible. wou ld now be
gratified at the showing it is possible for us t make.
Not long ince these inspections were fo llQwed by ex ­pre
sions more or less of fear and uncertainty as to
whether it would ever be possible fo r the institution to
provide modern sanita ry equipment as requ ired by law
to assure the maximum in the way of cleanline sand
healthfu l condi tions, particula rly tak ing into considera­tion
our distance f rom the city of Oxford and consequent
inab ility to enjoy the advantage of it water upply and
ewage disposal system . But I am confident that the e
fr iends would now g reet u with sm iles of app roval and
satisfaction, leaving with the impli ed IOO ', tribu te of
"Well done t hou good and faithfu l sen·ant". Particularly
wou ld th is be the case after a uney had also been made
of the ent ire campus, the dor mibr ies. class-rooms. dining
ha ll and kitchen. as well as the walks, driveway, water
drains, etc. In fact, th anitary and drainage improve­ments
made throughout the plant wi ll now unquestion­ably
entit le the in stitution to a high rating.
We feel very grateful fo r thi accompli shment, as it
is ou r firm belief that the "Great Architect", the author
of a ll perfect humanitarian plans and desig ns, is grati­f
ied with the efforts. th plans and the arrangements
mad on t hi ear th, however humble they may be. fo r
the easement of the ills and making happier the lot of
the li ttle beginners who con titute the great human life
of mankind.
NTRTBUTIO
During the cou rse of the year t he in. titution \Va,
remembered with donations from conYention , societies
and indi\'idual friends of the work a fo ll o\\".:
Anni\' ersar~' Day receipt: on gnJUnds __________________ :·
Anniver sary Da~' collecti ons in Chape'- ____________ . __ _
Anni\'e r sary Day g-ift ~ b~' friend s in Oxford __ ______ ___ _
Dr. . H . Cannady. Oxf o r d . ~ . . ____________________ _
:IlL H. B. Hick>'. Hende l·son. :'\ . c. ___ _________________ _
~Ir. Henn' All en ________________ _
. .;.n o n~· m o u~ _____________________ _ ________ ___ _
~hil o h .-\ sgoc iati on ___________________________ _
GI'an\' ille C (l unt~· ~I ini ~ t e rs and Dea cons lIni on _______ _
:'Il is s ionary is t ers ( ol1 ecti on hy ;lIrg. :'I1. . Ran om) _
:'Ill'. ~' ad e ____ __ _ _______________________ ____ ___ _
:'IlL Andre\\' Howell __ _____ _ ______ __ _____ __ ___ ___ __ _
\ ' ance County S. S. Conve nt ion (hy :'Il l'. D . . J. :'IIanow) __
~\I iddl e A ,,~oci ati () n (h~ ' Re\·. :'lIe Kn ightl __ ___ __________ _
• hil oh Assoc iati on _________________________ _
P ro f. W. G. Pear son. Durham. :'\ . c.. Thanksgi\'in g- Gift
:'IlL H ill H unter. GIeen::;boro. Thank>'g i\'ing GifL __ ____ _
:\1 r. era wford Knot t . Oxford. Thanksgi\'ing GifL ______ _
:lb'. ~'. H. A. tall i ng ~ . Edt'nl In. Thanksgi\'i ng Gift ___ _
:'I [ I S. R o ~·" t e r \Y iggin ::;. (', ford. Thank"gi\' in g- GifL _____ _
:'1[1'. T. C HalTi g. Oxfol·d. Thanksgiving GifL __________ _
:'II I'. C. S. Ea:,t on. Oxford. Thanksgiving Gi fL __ ______ _
:'III's. ~' alt e r . Hous('. Th a nk>'gi\'ing GifL ___ ___ __ ____ .
:'Iriss Esth er L. Fl eming. ~ t e lll. :\ . c.. Tha nksgi\'ing Cift
:'II I'. E. C. :'IlcCulloc h. \r il lll ington. :\ . C ..
Thank>' g i\' ing- Gift ______ __ __ ______ _ _______ _
:'IT in iste r s a nd Dea co ns lIni on. Oxfnrd. :\ . c. _____ ______ _
S . . J. Sloan a nd :\ora Freeman . . -\bhott ;;hurg-. :\ . C. ___ __ _
:'IlL Frank O. Sher rell. Charlott e. :\. C ________ ____ ___ _
h: est er :'Ilfg. Co .. High Point. :'\. l'. _________ ___ _______ _
F ir st Ba pt ist Church (Col.). Oxford. :\ . C __ _______ __ _
:'II I's. :'\ e\'a Jack>'on. fo r :'Il iss i o nar~' : oc iety __ __ __ ______ _
:'I[ i"" l one Y an ce~· . ( ), fol d. :\ . C. __________ _________ _
(' a pt. \\'. H. \\· hi tl'____________ _ ________ ______ _ _
:'I l rni s te rs and Dea cons l·ni on. Penn An '. Baptist Church
:'Ir ini s t er s and ll eaeons l · ni nn. :\ e \\' Light Bapt. Chureh_
Franklin Coun ty S. S. Con\"('nti on __________ __ ________ _
Ra pti st :'Ih,t'tin g' at L p \\ is ~tati(ln Rapti s t Chureh _____ _
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CONCLUSION
Therefo re, Gent lemen of t he Board of Directors, may
we not remind ourselves of the fact that, in t his wor k,
a lthough it may be unknown, to an extent to some of us,
we are plant ing and cult ivating li ttle human twigs in a
vineyard, whose ha rve t, when reaped, is far beyond
materi al mar kets. whose wonderfu l creation and great
pu r pose are eterna l ! The outlook fo r the f utu re is
bri ght, a nd yet it is inev itable that incr easingly difficu lt
ob tacles will be met, with the whole world in t he throes
of economic depression and all humanity called upon, in
consequ ence, to t ighten its belt, as it wer e, and str uggle all
the harder to revive normal co nditi ons. We th el'ebre
approach t he f uture with this th ought in mind, and be­lieve
that with a complete and thorough cooper ation
with our various State and civic bodies, who e f un ction
it is to devise ways and means whereby the differ ent
activities of all sections may be carried on unin tel'l'upt­edly
despite pI' vailing condi tions, that it is goin 'S to be
possible to main tain ou r normal rate of advancement, or
in any event to at least hold our own and r esist t he t2nd­ency
to slide backward so cha racteri stic of a period of de­pression.
Our entire organization is working to this end ,
a a solid unit, hand in glove, with a profound belief that
success will crown our efforts during the coming year.
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RE E IPT Al\D DI BURSEME TS OF
THF: OLORED ORPHANAGE
OXFORD. N. C.
July 1. 1930 to July 1. 1931
Jul~' 1. 19:29 to July 1. 1930 t
July 1. 1930 july 1. 1931
July 1. 1929-Balance ______ $ 960 . .1 July 1. 1931- Ba1. S 192.: 1
State Appropriations ______ 27500.00 27500.00
Hire of Boys______________ 1461.75 3 .30
In vestments ____ _____ ________ 14 2. 2 647.6
Duke Endowme nt ____ ______ 5176.32 6707.51
Relig iou_ Organizations ____ 332.31 306.17
Farm __________ __ ________ 219.25 797. 13
Fraternal Organizati on ____ 36.25
Mi cellaneous o ntributi o n ~__ :365.15
Temporary Loans __________ 7050.00
H. P. Cheatham. S upt.__ ____ 5320. 5
$4 fi65 .5.1
DI SBU RSE~IEl\T :
alaries ________ __________ . 11752.03
Food ________________ ____ _
C~thing _________________ _
Transportation ______ _____ _
Lights. Fuel and P O\Yer ___ _
Improvements ____________ _
Repai rs and Replacement-__ _
Additional Li" e tock ______ _
Suppli es ____ ___ ___ ______ _
Equipment _______________ _
In urance ________________ _
Telep hone and Telegraph ---
Interest _______________ ___ _
Mi sce llaneous ____________ _
Land ______ _______ _______ _
T empo rar~' Loan _________ _
Conference Expenses _____ _
H. P. heatham, upt. _____ _
Replacing Livestock _____ __ _
:\Ie\\' Equipment _________ _ _
July 1. 1930- Balance _____ _
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